Christmas Day Part 2

In the evening we went over to Sarah's extended families dinner and rockin' Christmas bash. The food was GREAT, as usual, and the Wii games had us all laughing. Just Dance was a hit with everyone!













JUST Dance:





There was lots more dancing fun, but not enough space on our over-crowded camera card to capture the fun!

Christmas Day Part 1

Like all little kids, 4 year old Jack was up early and raring to go on Christmas morning. "Santa" left a new Lightning McQueen bike (more posts to follow as we take on a "big boy bike"). The adults, Grandma, Uncle Tom, Mommy and Daddy eventually got going, and joined in the Christmas spirit.




"Come on can we open gifts?"

The funniest thing is that the Dillard family got my mom (Grandma) the EXACT same gift as my brother got her. We each got her a Snuggie and a matching dog Snuggie for Rocket, and a new 2010 calendar. The good news is Rocket loves his doggy Snuggie and my mom loves her's too.








Marty was thrilled that he finally got a back scratcher- thanks Tom!




Bryce's Christmas gift (a shopping cart) never arrived, so Jack kept asking what Santa got Bryce and we kept distracting him. Under the tree for Bryce was a small ambulance & book from Grandma, and a police car from Uncle Tom, but nothing from Santa. We didn't want Jack to think Bryce had been bad or something, luckily Jack was so into his presents (too many if you ask me) & Bryce got so much from family and friends that we realized the shopping cart was unnecessary anyway. Bryce loved his little gifts. Look at his face: he's making driving sounds!







I loved my rain boots, but they don't fit right so I am in search for another kind, any suggestions?



After gifts Sarah & Tom made another excellent Christmas morning brunch.







Uncle Roger joined us for breakfast and brought the boys presents. Jack loved his first-ever remote controlled car! Bryce wasn't sure what to make of the lion cub that roared and purred.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at Poppa & Nana's house. Poppa & Nana made a wonderful turkey dinner.







Jack and Bryce got to visit with their great grandma (G.G) and great uncle (Apple Bob). Then we took a few family shots.







The boys opened their matching Christmas jammies from Mommy & Daddy and finally they got to open a few presents from Poppa & Nana.

















Bryce decicied our new tent canopy made a great seat.



Back at Grandma's we got ready for Christmas morning, we put out food for the reindeer, hung our stockings, now time for bed tomorrow is Christmas day!



Jack even put out his new lantern so the "reindeer could see their snacks."

Road Trip: Sacramento, California

We packed up our car, kids, dog, and still had lots of holiday cheer to share, and headed south to Sacramento. Our "home town." The first thing the boys got to do once we were settled, was open presents from Grandma.


Jack loved his new Chick Hicks hauler!





Bryce decided his present really made a great stool.

Snowmobiling

Marty, Jack, Ben & BoBo went snowmobiling. They had a great time racing around in the snow.



On their trip they found one lost skier, who had skied out of bounds at the ski resort nearby. They towed him back to the ski resort, about 2 miles away. They also helped a snowboarder. This guy was in the worst shape, as he could have never made it back to the ski resort before dark. Both of the guys they found and towed to a safe place, where alone and had no way to reach friends.

Marty didn't take many pictures, I guess they were having too much fun rescuing people. All the saving worked up an appetite!

Bowling

For a little fun we went bowling. Jack was into it for the first 6 or 7 frames, Ben loved it, and Sarah played an awesome game of bumper bowl. Marty & Bryce were the cheering section





Jack got a spare! High five!!









Sarah's "strike dance"